Cooperators
Members
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Rex H. Caffey, Ph.D.
Professor and CNREP Director
Department of Agricultural Economics, LSU Agricultural Center
Coastal restoration economics; ecosystem service valuation; fisheries management; benefit-cost analysis, and project feasibility |
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Naveen Adusumilli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Extension Economist
Louisiana State University AgCenter, Red River Research Station
Water policy and economics |
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Francisco X. Aguilar , Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Forestry
School of Natural Resources,
University of Missouri
Spatial analysis of natural resource-based industries; forest industry corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship programs; consumer preferences for forest products; forest sector economic development |
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Stephen Barnes, Ph.D.
Director, Kathleen Blanco Public Policy Center
Associate Professor of Economics
Moody College of Business
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Economics of land loss and environmental hazards |
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Michelle Savolainen Barro, Ph.D.
Social Science Research Analyst,
Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Employment discrimination, spatial econometrics, and natural resource economics |
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J. Luke Boutwell
Economist, Manager, Special Projects
Mather Economics, LLC
Natural resource economics |
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Sun Joseph Chang , Ph.D.
Professor,
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Louisiana State University
Forest Economics, Finance and Valuation, Taxation, Forest Management, Sawing Optimization, Carbon Dioxide Emission Analysis |
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Yeong Nain Chi, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor,
Department of
Natural Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
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Melissa T. Daigle, J.D., B.C.L.
Legal Coordinator
Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program,
Louisiana State University
Coastal law, sustainable communities, community resiliency, hazard mitigation, land use, coastal zone management, and aquaculture |
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Hamady Diop, Ph.D.
Director,
Research and Information Systems West Africa Subregional Fisheries Commission
(Dakar, Senegal)
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics and Finance
College of Business,
Southern University
Natural resource and environmental economics, economics of fisheries management |
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J. Matthew Fannin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Agricultural Economics
Louisiana State University
Regional economics and community development |
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Matthew Freeman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State University
Fishery economics and management, regulatory policy of natural resources |
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R. Wes Harrison, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
Louisiana State University
Agribusiness marketing |
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James E. Henderson, Ph.D.
Associate Extension Professor, Department of Forestry
Mississippi State University
Forest economics and management, timber taxation |
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Matthew G. Interis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State University
Environmental evaluation, valuation methods, behavioral economics |
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Jack Issacs, Ph.D.
Economist,
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Socioeconomic Research and Development
Resource economics, applied statistics, fisheries economics, nature-based recreation |
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Aloyce R. Kaliba, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Business,
Department of Economics and Finance, Southern University
Aquaculture/fisheries economics and management, international development, farm level efficiency, impact assessment and policy |
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Richard F. Kazmierczak, Jr., Ph.D.
Retired,
Department of Agricultural Economics
LSU Agricultural Center
Fisheries economics, coastal wetlands management, bioeconomic modeling, regulatory impact, simulation; benefit-cost analysis |
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Walter R. Keithly, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
Louisiana State University
Resource economics, fisheries management, natural resource valuation |
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Ebenezer O. Ogunyinka , Ph.D.
Economist,
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Socioeconomic Research and Development
Resource economics, applied statistics, productivity and technological change |
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Krishna P. Paudel, Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Agricultural Economics
Louisiana State University
Nonpoint source pollution, nonmarket valuations, water resource economics, sustainability and dynamic modeling |
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Jerrod Penn
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
Louisiana State University
Environmental and resource economics |
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Daniel R. Petrolia, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State University
Economics of coastal resources and natural hazards; valuation of coastal wetlands, barrier islands, and ecosystem services; and consumer preferences for Gulf seafood |
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Andrew Ropicki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Extension Economist
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University and Texas Sea Grant
Marine resource and fisheries economics, fisheries management, social network analysis, seafood demand economics, contingent valuation, and economic feasibility analysis |
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Lisa C. Schiavinato, J.D.
Extension Director
California Sea Grant
Energy law, environmental law/natural resources law, land use law, local government law, property law |
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Maryam Tabarestani, Ph.D.
Economist, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Socioeconomic Research and Development
Resource and fisheries economics, nature based recreation, consumer behavior, demand and price analysis, applied economics and statistics |
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Shaun Tanger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Extension, Department of Agricultural Economics
Louisiana State University
Timber markets, forest policy, invasive species damage, ecosystem services, forest landowner trends, logistics of timber products |
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Richard P. Vlosky, Ph.D., FIWSc.
Director & Professor,
Louisiana Forest Products Development Center
Wood-based bioenergy, domestic and international wood products marketing and business development, certification & green marketing, market research |
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Hua Wang
Research Associate,
Department of Agricultural Economics
Louisiana State University
Environmental and natural resource economics, applied econometrics |
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John V. Westra, Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Agricultural Economics
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Economic aspects of multifunctionality of agriculture, ecosystem services from agriculture, agricultural conservation and environmental policy |
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James G. Wilkins, J.D.
Professor, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
Director, Sea Grant Law & Policy Program
Environmental law and regulation, wetlands, submerged lands, coastal hazards, law of the sea, fisheries, land use, coastal zone management, coastal restoration |
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David Yoskowitz, Ph.D.
Associate Director and Endowed Chair for Socio-Economics
Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi |
Affiliates
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Bruce Lambert, M.S.
Executive Director
Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies, New Orleans Board of Trade
Trade and transportation activities, maritime policy and planning |
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Alexander L. Miller, M.S.
Vice President of Business Development
Trace Register
Leadership, management, and expertise related to the implementation of various economic development initiatives for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico seafood and recreational industry |
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